Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.

He [Pliny the Elder] used to say that 'no book [etc] was so bad but some good might be got out of it'.

They enhance the value of their favors by the words with which they are accompanied.

Necessity, that excellent master, hath taught me many things.

Perhaps you will ask whether I can raise these three millions without difficulty. Well, nearly all my capital is invested in land, but I have some money out at interest and I can borrow without any trouble.

The happier time, the quicker it passes

And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.